Nonrefillable bottle



v I 1,446,162. G. W. -DAGUE. NONREFILLABLE BOTTLE.

FILED MAY Feb. 20, 1923.

Patented. Feb. 20, 1923. I

v GEORGE w. nAGUE,,or OKLAHOIYIQ OKiQZiI I OMA L nonanritmnnln'orri n Application flled'May '1, 1922. Serial No. 557,532.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that 1, 'Gno12cn""\V.-' DAGUE,"

refillable Bottles; and "I ,doihereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill e'n,

able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

tion.

The present invention relates to non-re-. fillable'bottles, and aims to provide a bottle having a valve within theneck thereof, to

prevent the bottle from being refilled, and novel means for retaining the-valve in place. Another object of the invention the provision of a valve retaining tube fitted in the bottle neck, and novel; means for see i H within the bottle neck. Thus, the-end of the neck has a notch 15 at the inside, and a curin thetube cannot be removed.

such tube within the neck, so'that Aifurtheri object is'to provide a valved view,-- which will be apparent as the de-I scription proceeds theinvention resides in the construction and arrangement of parts,

ashereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes canf -be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing fronithe spirit of the inven- The invention is illustrated in th e accompanying drawing,wherein-;- Figure 1. is a vertical median section with the valve retaining tube in position ready to be locked. V

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing'the' tube moved home and locked.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an'enlarged' sectional detail on the line 1-4 of Fig. 1. Y Y,

The bottle neck 7 has the passage 8 which is reduced at its lower end to provide a seat 9 for a ball valve 10, to prevent "liquid being poured into the bottle for refilling same. The valve 10 is retained in the bottle neck adjacent to the seat 9 by a retaining tube 11, which may also be made of glass or other material, the same as the bottle proper. The tube 11 isslid snugly into the passage 8, and its lower end is corrugated,

as in; 12,01" otherwise formed, so that when v against the innerzencl of thevtube'll Will thebottle .istilted o-rlinverted for pouringthe contents therefro-nn-the ball in seating 7 IV ,permit the liquid to flow between-the valve and tube. 1 The valveis thus confined' 'be-' tween the seat 9 and 'inner end- 0f the tube I 11, thereby preventing the: ball" from being removed; i v e V Theouter end or thetubell has anannu other suitable compressible material 'surwhen the tube 11 seen inFigQ. e-

, .M. Means isproivide'd for locking the tube 11 posed at-the endfor mouth of the bottle I neck," and a gasket 1 1- of cork, rubber or; J Y

bore '16 extending downwardly ;from said:

notch, with the lower end'ofthe bore inaimed to provide a; bottom J-deflectin-g" sur-" face 17- and an; opening 18 leading i to the passage 8 -'l -he1tube 111 is providedat the.

P HQ; :S de. with a recess 19: to regl' ister with the opening 18 when the tube" 11 v is. force d home, and a lock ball 20 'isar+ ranged to enter the recess 19., Adetentballa 214sdisposed within the'passage orfbore i 16 aboveflthe locl'r,ball;20,z and the-:borelfi is formed withfa shoulder-22 at' the upper end of the, deflecting surface1 17 into which the detentball-QI can be forced,'-ior retaining 1- W theball-QQ in place, asgseen'in Fig- 2. 7A4;

lug 23 is integral iwith the iiange' 13 and; i i tube 11 .to'enter the notch 15, and has a depending finger 243-to enter the bore 16 when the tubell is'flslid into pl ithi the bottle neck. e i H In assembling the parts, after the bottle has been filled, the valve 10 is first dropped v into the bottleneck, and the tube '11 is then slidpart way into the-bottle neck, with the finger 24; above theend of theneck, sothat i the balls 20 and 21 can be dropped downinto the bore 16.-- The tube 11 is then" pushed down into the bottle neck, so that the finger 24ente'rs the bore 16, as seen in Fig. 1, to*con-' tactwith the ball 21. 1 Then, as the tube 11is forced home, the recess 19 moves intoregistration with the opening 18, for receiving the ball 20, and finger 24 in pushing down on the ball21, forces the ball 20 through the opening 18 "into the recess19, the deflecting surface 17 causing the ball 21 to be forced inwardly by the pressure on the ball 21. The ball 21 is then forced between the ball and shoulder 22, and will retain itself in place frictionally, so that the balls cannot be loosened, and the ball 20 being partially within the opening 18 and partially within the recess 19, will securely lock the tubell in place, with the gasket 1% compressed to prevent leakage between the bottle neck and tube. Therefore, althoughthe contents of the bottle can be decanted, liquid cannot be poured into the bottle while the valve 10 is seated with the bottle in upright position. It will be noted that the upward pressure on the,tube'11,-,due to the tendency for the gasket 14 to expanch will tend to move the lock ball 20 upwardly or toward the end of the bottle neck, but in bearing against the detent .ball 21, the balls cannot move reversely, ow-

ing to the ball 21 seating against the shoulder 22. The tube 11 cannot therefore be un- .locked, so that it is impossible to remove the tube 11 and valve 10 without breaking the bottle neck.

Having thus described the invention, what is clalmed as new 1s:

1. A bottle neck havlng a valve seat there in, a valve seatable on said seat, a valve-retaining tube insertable into the neck, the neck having a bore, said tube having a recess to register with said bore, locking means within said bore to enter said recess and arranged to assume a locking position between said tube and neck, and a portion carried by the tube to enter said bore and force the locking means into said recess and locking position. i

2. bottleneck having a valve seat there in, a valve seatable on said seat, a valve-returning tube insertable in the neck, the neck having a bore, the tube having a recess to register withsaid bore, the neck having a shoulder, locking means within the bore to enter said recess and arranged to engage said shoulder after entering the recess for locking said means in place between the tube and neck, and a portion carried by the tube the bottle neck, a valve-retaining tube insertable into the neck, locking means in the neck adapted to be forced into a locking position between said tube and neck, and a portion carried by the tube to move against said locking means and force the locking means into locking position when the tube is forced into place in the neck.

4. A bottle neck having a valve seat therein, a valve seatable on said seat, a valve-retaining tube insertable in the neck, the neck having a bore, the tube having a recess to register with said bore, a portion carried by said tube to enter said bore, and balls in said bore, one ball being arranged to enter said recess for locking the tube in the neck, and the other ball being forced by said portion between the first named ball and neck for retaining the balls in place.

5. A bottle neck having a valve seat therein, a valve seatable on said seat, a valveretaining tube insertable in said nec the neck having a downwardly extending bore inclined at its lower end to provide a lower deflecting surface and an opening, said tube having a recess to register with said opening,

the neck having a shoulder at the upper end of said surface, a finger carried by said tube to enter said bore, a lock ball to be deflected by said surface through the opening and into said recess for locking the tube in the neck, and a detent ball between the lock ball and finger to be forced by the finger between the lock ball and shoulder.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEQRGE DAGUE.

Witnesses:

C. R. I-Innnnnson, F. G. CHARELAIN, 

